The 6 Highest Paid TV Actors All Work on the Same 2 Shows

'Big Bang Theory' and 'Modern Family' Are Clearly Breaking Banks

While viewers are turning to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu more and more of late, network television remains to be an economic boon for many Hollywood actors.

And it turns out, these networks are still making enough to pay their top employees some pretty hefty salaries. But what's most interesting when we go through the list of the highest paid TV actors and actresses, is that the top six earners all work on the same two shows. In fact, eight of the top 10 all work on either Modern Family or Big Bang Theory. Interestingly, both are shows with massive budgets and both happen to be going off the air at the end of their current seasons.

So, without any further delay, here are the top 10 highest paid network television actors:

Sofia Vergara -- Modern Family

​$42.5 million (estimated)

Jim Parsons -- Big Bang Theory

​$26.5 million (estimated)

Johnny Galecki -- Big Bang Theory

​$25 million (estimated)

Kaley Cuoco -- Big Bang Theory

$24.5 million (estimated)

Simon Helberg -- Big Bang Theory

​$23.5 million (estimated)

Kunal Nayyar -- Big Bang Theory

​$23.5 million (estimated)

Ellen Pompeo -- Grey's Anatomy

​$23.5 million (estimated)

Mark Harmon -- NCIS

​$19 million (estimated)

Ed O'Neill -- Modern Family

​$14 million (estimated)

Eric Stonestreet -- Modern Family

​$13.5 million (estimated)

Other Modern Family and Big Bang Theory cast members made the list as well, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Mayim Bialik, and Melissa Rauch. Law & Order: SVU's Mariksa Hargitay, Scandal's Kerry Washington, and Pauley Perrette from NCIS also made the list.

According to Forbes, Andrew Lincoln, who will leave The Walking Dead at season's end, cracked the top 10 actors list for the first time in his career, while Homeland's Claire Danes returned to the list of actresses for the first time since 2014.